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TACOMA, Wash.- (From UPS Sports Information Office) The 20th-ranked Whitworth Pirates took a potentially big step toward repeating as Northwest Conference men's soccer champions on Sunday afternoon, defeating host Puget Sound 3-2 on East Athletic Field in Tacoma, Wash.

Prugh's seventh goal of 2008 was the winner

The Pirates (12-2-2 overall, 8-2-1 NWC, 25 points) took advantage of a slight wind heading toward the north goal in the 32nd minute when the corner kick by Cameron Bushey (Fr., MF, Spokane, Wash.) drifted into the upper right corner of the goal for an early Whitworth lead. The Bucs made it 2-0 in the 39th minute when Dion Coxe (Fr., D, Eugene, Ore.) fired a shot from about 30 yards out on the far left that found it's way past Logger keeper Greg Saetrum. Bushey's goal was his second of the season while Coxe tallied the first goal of his career.

The Loggers (8-6-2, 6-3-2, 20 points) narrowed the gap going into halftime when Michael Dooley found Ameer Mohit in the 41st minute and Mohit scored his first collegiate goal, using one touch to put the ball in from about five yards out.

The Bucs regained the two-goal lead in the 74th minute when Eddy Prugh (Fr., F, Bozeman, Mont.) broke away from a Logger defender and beat Saetrum one-on-one for his seventh goal of the season and the 3-1 lead. The Loggers came back to get within a goal in the 88th minute when Taylor Hyde scored from about eight yards out but it was too little, too late as the Bucs escaped Tacoma with the 3-2 win.

Saetrum made two saves on the afternoon on 15 Whitworth shots. The Pirates' Jeff Srock (Jr., GK, Colbert, Wash.) made three saves on the day, allowing the two UPS scores. The game was physical with 26 total fouls called and three yellow cards shown in the game.

The Pirates will face Whitman (7-3-2 NWC, 23 points) next Saturday at 4:00 p.m. in a showdown that will likely determine the Northwest Conference champion.